Schachnovelle

Vienna, spring 1938. Police sirens howl through empty streets, their beams flashing off a chess piece left on a windowsill. A lawyer refuses to betray his network, so the Gestapo locks him in darkness and waits for collapse. A dog-eared book becomes his only move—then his last one.

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Philipp Stölzl directed Schachnovelle in 2021. See Philipp Stölzl's full filmography, where to start with Philipp Stölzl, or where to go after you've seen everything by Philipp Stölzl.

Schachnovelle was released in 2021 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.